DeNiro, Statham and Owen are well cast as menacing junkyard dogs.
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Indy Film: Women talking to women, and (gasp!) not about men
The Bluestocking Film Series, the women-only short film festival, is premiering at the St. Lawrence Arts Center on Oct. 30.
At the Movies
OPENING FRIDAY “DRIVE” (R) (1:40) Stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan and Bryan Cranston. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put out on him after a heist gone wrong. Strong brutal bloody violence, language and some nudity. Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Fri-Wed 1:40, […]
Stylish ride
A Danish director puts an understated European spin on the Hollywood action film, and the result is the impressive ‘Drive.’
DVD Releases
A tense action-drama and the latest installment in the ‘X-Men’ series.
At the Movies
OPENING FRIDAY “CONTAGION” (PG-13) (1:45) Stars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. An action thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. Disturbing content and some language. Opening at: Nickelodeon (Portland) Fri-Wed 1:20, […]
Jude Law goes viral
The actor plays a crazy (or crazy like a fox) blogger in the new Steven Soderbergh sci-fi thriller ‘Contagion.’
‘Dark’ remake scares us most when horrors stay under cover
Basically, there’s nothing scarier than a big, old, dark and spooky house and a little girl with only a flashlight to protect her.
In ‘Guard,’ black-comedy spin livens ‘buddy cop’ genre
Three of the greatest character actors working today have a playground to run riot in.